PRESS RELEASE Rekindle your love for books at World Book Day Next April 23rd 2015 HELP College of Arts and Technology, the Embassy of Spain in Malaysia and Instituto Cervantes de Kuala Lumpur will celebrate World Book Day. In 1995, UNESCO declared 23rd April as World Book Day to commemorate the love for books and literature, as well as pay tribute to all authors who have made a mark in the literary world while encouraging young people to discover the pleasures of reading. HELP College of Arts and Technology (HELP CAT) together with the Embassy of Spain in Malaysia, Instituto Cervantes, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) and MPH Bookstores (MPH) have come together to praise the art of literature and the pleasure of reading for the personal enrichment as well as enjoyment. The aim of this celebration is to encourage and to explore the pleasure books can offer to all of us providing everyone with the opportunity to have a book of their own. Many activities are lined up throughout the month, such as reliving the tradition of exchanging a rose for each book received, as practised in the Spanish region of Catalonia. The month- long celebration includes a quiz related to World Book Day where language courses will be awarded. A drawing contest is organized with the theme “The World of Don Quixote” and winning drawings will be featured in next year’s World Book Day bookmarks and event posters. Fabulous prizes also include book vouchers courtesy of the Embassy of Spain in Kuala Lumpur and Instituto Cervantes as well as books from MPH and Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. In memory of Miguel Cervantes, one of Spain’s most beloved novelists, there will be a worldwide 24 hour continuous reading of Don Quijote de la Mancha (including live reading from Kuala Lumpur) as well as an international reading of this book in 10 different languages at HELP CAT. Furthermore, we will have the privilege of enjoying the presence of H.E. the Ambassador of Spain in Malaysia, Mr. Carlos Domínguez, during the official launch of the event according to whom “2015 is a special year for Spain since we are celebrating the fourth Centenary of the second volume of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, a masterpiece of universal literature written by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, which we encourage everyone to read”. For full schedule of activities, contest and activities’ participation and contact information, please log on to www.helpcat.edu.my or www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/KUALALUMPUR/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx .